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Dame Athene Donald of Cambridge University says toys aimed at girls emphasise passivity, and that early influences affect academic choices
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The death of Oliver Sacks this week made headlines, some of them surprising. Three writers pay tribute to an ardent observer, whose literary portraits of his patients are rich in compassion, insight and humour
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GrrlScientist: Portraits of some tropical bird species in Colombia’s Chocó-Andes region that will be agriculture’s winners and losers when their cloudforest neighbourhood is converted into cattle pasture
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Martin Robbins. I weighed myself every hour for the entire bank holiday weekend. Here’s what I found out.
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CST-100 Starliner spaceships will be used to fly crews to the International Space Station, with a test flight targeted for 2017
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Gathering for a summit on green chemicals, industry leaders and academics discussed how to solve the problems that threaten to stall 20 years of good intentions
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SpaceSpaceBoeing opens commercial spaceship plant at Nasa centre in FloridaCST-100 Starliner spaceships will be used to fly crews to the International Space Station, with a test flight targeted for 2017
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BiologyBiologyReaders recommend: songs about dogsWild wolves to whippets, fleet foxes to patient pointers, fluffy, ferocious or faithful, give your canon of canine songs a walk - it’s time they had their day
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Medical researchMedical researchTeenagers who watch screens in free time 'do worse in GCSEs'Cambridge University study suggests that 14-year-olds who spend free time watching TV or online are outperformed by peers
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PsychologyPsychologyTea with Oliver Sacks: Will Self, Andrew Solomon and Sue Halpern pay tributeThe death of Oliver Sacks this week made headlines, some of them surprising. Three writers pay tribute to an ardent observer, whose literary portraits of his patients are rich in compassion, insight and humour
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PhysicsPhysicsToys aimed at girls 'steering women away from science careers'Dame Athene Donald of Cambridge University says toys aimed at girls emphasise passivity, and that early influences affect academic choices
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Is it time for a debate on whether there are any circumstances where there is an ethical case for ‘editing’ human embryos?
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Alan Pickup on what to look out for in the coming month, including the total eclipse of a supermoon
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Why does music give us chills? You asked Google – here’s the answer
David ShariatmadariEvery day, millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries -
The temple was a treasure of incalculable value that stood as a monument to religious accommodation. No wonder Isis hated it
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Pencils down! Here’s the solution to today’s problem, or the written version here if you’d prefer. See you in two weeks for the next one ...
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Take one coin and one infinite chessboard and what do you get? A perplexing mathematical puzzle, that’s what! Click here for a written version of the puzzle.
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The sight of a perigee moon happens when the moon is full and makes its closest approach to Earth. The next supermoons will be on 28 September and 27 October
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Josh Willis of Nasa explains the space agency’s announcement that a long-term satellite imaging study has shown a dramatic rise in sea levels due to climate change
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A European rocket launched into space from a South American spaceport on Thursday on a mission to deliver two new communications satellites into orbit
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Nasa sheds new light on Saturn moon Dione, with pictures taken by the Cassini spacecraft during its latest close approach on Monday
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Earlier, Alex set two different sequence problems by puzzle expert David Singmaster. Were you able to work out what came nexttttttttt? For a written version of the solution, click here.
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GM embryos: time for ethics debate, say scientists
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